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Garrett Park. 



WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT OFFERS. 



INFORMATION FOR HOME-SEEKERS 
AND INVESTORS. 



Branch Office of the Metropolitan Investment and Biiildino Company 

OF Montgomery County, Maryland, No. 822 Eighth Street N. \V., 

Washington. D. C. 

1887. 

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GARRETT PARK, 

so named in honor of Robert Garrett, esq., President of the Baltimore 
and Ohio Railroad, embraces 500 acres of land about 12 miles northwest 
from the city of Washington, on the heights through which passes the 
Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Park 
extends for about a mile and a quarter on both sides of the railroad, with 
an undulating surface and high plateaus 390 feet above tide water, admira- 
bly adapted to villa and village sites. The railroad station is Garrett 
Park. The Park is easily reached by carriage on the west by the Rock- 
ville pike, and on the east by the Seventh street road. 

The Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad starts 
from the station, on New Jersey avenue, on the north side of the Capitol, 
leaving the city through the historic Gales and Chase estates, extends 
ill rough a beautiful valley overlooked by the remains of grim forts of the 
latfe war, until it reaches Silver Springs, the home of the distinguished 
Blair family, wlience it ascends, through hills and glens, to the high hills 
and table-lands at Garrett Park, on its way to Rockville and Harper's - 
Ferry, near which it again unites with the main track. 

The high land tlirough which this branch road extends is acknowledged 
to be the one place around Washington which is entirely free from 
malaria. Within a brief period the hills westward from Silver Springs 
will be dotted with beautiful villas and fine residences, and the land, 
now so cheap and easily obtained, will then command fabulous jjrices. 

A railroad ride to Garrett Park from Washington consumes about 
thirty minutes, which is time enough to enable the Washington business 
man to peruse his evening newspaper and to reach a safe distance from 
the marauders that always infest the suburbs of a large city. 

Garrett Park's Attractions. 

Of all the charming places in the Montgomery County highlands 
Garrett Park is by far the most attractive. 

Rock Creek, famous for tlie beautiful scenery on its banks, winds its 
shimmering course for nearly 2 miles within the Park's boundaries. Tliis 
stream is from 40 to 75 feet wide, and affords fine opportunities for bath- 
ing in sequestered spots, rowing in the cool shade beneath wide-spreading 
trees, and fishing in quiet nooks or rapid waters. 



T' o|.| N<>w|M>rl Mill •Jd ma uouaual f«--^ ■ ■' - 

U *» il ia, hy the iroa briUge uf llir t*. 

lUu lc«i hiKh. 'i'lir <|ii*iDt uld Uuvall nuiiaioa, built Iook bvlorv the 

R. ' • -■'<■-.. , ,^^\ I, - . „,^ i^Q gr»o<l 

• > - wall* • ' > mill. 

AcroM the crc«k from lb« millMam rt*c« • rocky prrctpioe crowo(«l 
villi » Urtv ia »' 

Kraniii ^ pur|>aac«. .„ 

the JohotoD tract, and alw from thv top of the prrdpicv aemr the crfek, 

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lh< : • , " - ^- ■■ ^'- ■■ ■ 

HoMirr*' Il<>tn<« ut> pUioly viaible. 

On diffrrpnl i • I'ark.an'l c»>»pr 

■rrra, 1' ■■ - - . nuTn- Kif; i'>rr«t Irw^of aliii' -; ■ m. i_, ,ni,,x, , 
•rr ni. <>«k, iii*|>|p, pnpUr, wainiil, hirkurr, brrch, «: 

brsutifut thBde trrv* alxand. In the manr |{lrn« thn>ii]{h the I'ark UurrI, 
Ik " I arr found in abundance; while rinr* and pine* are 

(ilrhdarfUKh, thr muat brautiful icirn in thi* oetghborhood, leads frooi 

i' •• ri< w ro:!' i"l •' it' 'fi in • I; Il 

aio'iiuda 11) »tivi-.'v »jirinj;« uf ht i. : . ^.~ — - . .-.,,,. ... lulip 

trrra, «ho«e (ciant forma tower toward the nkiea, aff»rd a gratFful chade, 
and .^ more delighlful place for pirnics and rxruraiona can be found in 
ihi* entire region. 

Who Ovm GAKKcrr Vmlk. 

Tlii« U«iiiifit| tract of land ia ownr<l by a com|iany incorporated in 
N w '- - •'<'>, aj thr Mplro|iolitan Inrratinrni and Building C(>mf«ny 

\lnn<l, w Uiul nix 

V in Wft.. ,...»;. I, »..-. .......;_i The • 

Airing il plallol into Iota and villa • 
one-fourth ol an acre to lire acres in aite, which will I r ihv preavnt 

" ■ ' ■ - nl. of the I • " • 

I "I i in l»i». A 1 

arv II. P. hpringrr, eaq.. City Post'dfflce ; Judge Z. Montgomery, Aa. 
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and firiy-flr« more tola will be ofllpred for mlv at auction at tha Park on 
.\j.r;l '■.. II- • - be Hi:' " on 

tl.c f.il. 1 , . , ,- - — .. Waahin^ .. .. Ihc 

tf.SO a B. train. Fare for the round trip ia SO oenta. Invcatort who 
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secure these first lots on the favorable terms offered may confidentlj- count 
on a rapidly increasing value. The first payment will be from five to 
twenty-five dollars on each lot, and the same sum every month thereafter 
until the purchase-money is paid, six per cent, being the rate of interest 
on the deferred payments. 




Cottage erected by the Company. For sale on easy Monthly Instalments. 



The company have two houses in the course of erection for sale or rent, 
and will build others for parties on their own plans and specifications on 
the same liberal monthly instalments. 

The Future of Garrett Park. 

Garrett Park will he the suburban town of the National Capital. It 
will be to Washington wbat Tuxedo Park is to New York, Bryn Mawr to 
Philadelphia, and Hyde Park to Chicago. The streets and avenues of 
this beautiful Park are to be of city dimensions, varying from 50 to 100 
feet in width, and will be carefully macadamized, so that the usual village 
nuisance of muddy streets and gravelled roads will be entirely obviated. 
The plans of the company contemplate a complete system of water supply 



«l)il iltainatfe, wliick lliv UrKe >|uaiililv u( wmtcl lo Ilurk C'rnrk and iKr 
h 

• . will •! an eatit 

r! 'lU lor Itic I'mtk. All the hiHUca built by tb« oonipaajr will U 

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Tlicwr UkM will bo made drvp enough fur light bnaliog, but to •hallow 
thai <1 

willbc ... .„ , „ 

fnim the varini ■uppljr uf the oalural growth in the Park I'arterm aa«l 
fi> »ill be Von at an rarlr da) . T 

U •' • .-... •'•('•• fr.iiu ihr •"•••-• 

\\ cndrnt !« at lh< ' .'. I)r|iarl 

meat, to whom the t'llj of \V i owra ao much oi lU braulv 

^1 .1 I ,• ... - . . • .1 . I \. .. .. ^ ^..i .1 ii..... . 

the eolrr|*ri*ing proitortf -owner* between it and Uarrett I'ark, which will 

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thow eojojred in snj other suburban town, affording the cunvcniencea ol 

city life without ila discomforta. 

lUvidi'nta of (iarrt'tl I'ark will ei^oj tuiR-riur railroad faiilitiri. Many 
train* pa«* ' " "'' ' . m , aii i 

atwn aa IL : .— . . » c<>ui|il<.! ;. 

ten additional traina are promiMd. The following liberal rate* betwrrn 
Waahinglun and (iarrvll I'ark liavc been granted bjr the railroad oon- 
: .ny; 

quarterly ticket, i)uarterouromenring on the flrvtofan/ month .. $1 1 

Monthly ticket .. t . ., 

Kiftylrip (iitinlf ti' k< i I.; int 

Twenty -four trip family-ticket 7 ." 

School ticket 4 '<u 

A rebate of one-half on freight rates ia allowed to |Mirliv« iranaporiinc 
building material or houaehold good* lo their new honioa in (iarretl I'ark 

Fur plala and further information, call on or addrvM the Secretary, 

IIKMIY N ntVV. 
Bti Kifklk Strrrt, HaJkimftom, If. C 



Officers of the Company. 
President.— S. S. Bnrdett, Attoniey-at-Law, of Curtis & Burdett. 
First Vice-President.— J . J. S. Hassler, Appointment Clerk, Interior 
Department. 

Seco7id Vice-President.— D. I. Murphy, Chief Clerk, Pension Office. 

Secretary.— Eenry N. Copp, Attorney-at-Law. 

Treasurer.— Charles A. Barker, clerk. General Land Office. 

Z»/rec/o?-s.— President S. S. Burdett, Dr. R. B. Detrick, farmer, Knowles, 
Md.; H. P. R. Holt, clerk. Treasury Department; 0. C. Fox, Principal 
Examiner, Patent Office ; E. M. Dawson, clerk. Interior Department ■ 
W. D. Harlan, clerk, General Land Office ; John T. Freeman, civil engi- 
neer, Garrett Park. 




Cottage erected by the Company. For sale on easy Monthly Instalments. 



Advisory Committee.— WiUia,m Saunders, Superintendent of Grounds, 
Agricultural Department; E. F. Best, Chief Law Clerk, Interior Depart- 
ment; W. H. Alden, clerk, Treasury Department ; H. C. Darragh, clerk. 
Interior Department; H. P. Springer, clerk, City Post-Office; George h! 
Rice, printer, Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; S. Dana Lincoln, clerk, 
Adjutant-General's Office. 

Finance Committee.— 3 . C. Stoddard, clerk. Interior Department ; W. 
H. Gunnison, real-estate hroker, No. 1009 F Street N. W.; J. B. Cox, 
clerk, Indian Office. 

Valuation Committee.— W . H. Gunnison, real-estate broker. No. 1009 
F Street N. W.; D. G. Purman, examiner. Patent Office; A. W. Bing- 
ham, clerk, Post-Office Department. 

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